A company proposing a medical marijuana facility in Chardon is steering away from the city. Mayor Nancy McArthur reported at the March 9 City Council meeting that Willoughby-based GrowthOrchard is pursuing a larger facility than originally intended. Last month, business representative John Sikora presented plans for a 25,000-square-foot marijuana cultivation and processing center at 124 Parker Court southwest of Walmart …
Medical Marijuana Patients Happier With New Proposed Dispensary Rules
CLEVELAND – New draft medical marijuana dispensary rules published Thursday by the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee would make patient access easier. Updates to the rules include an increase in dispensary provisional licenses to 60. The limit was previously set at 40. The board also decreased the biennial fee for a dispensary certificate of operation from $80,000 every two years to …
Cincinnati Financiers Back SW Ohio Medical Pot Operation
The managers of the unsuccessful 2015 marijuana legalization campaign have teamed up with the Community Improvement Corp. of Wilmington to build a facility that would employ as many as 220 people to grow and research marijuana for medical use. The principals are Cincinnati financier Jimmy Gould and Columbus political strategist Ian James, along with Cincinnati developer Bill Brisben, a former …
South Euclid Moves To Create Medical Marijuana District
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio– The state of Ohio legalized medical marijuana last year. Now, the city of South Euclid is trying to control where it can be grown and sold. Councilman Jason Russell supports the so-called “pot plan,” and said by attracting businesses that cultivate, process and dispense medical marijuana, the city could tap into an emerging industry. “I think we’re …
Springfield Woman Not Letting Marijuana Moratorium Stop Her From Starting Business
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) – Ohio is now one of 28 states that has legalized medical marijuana, but several Miami Valley cities don’t want the drug sold in their communities. The billion dollar marijuana industry can pump revenue into any struggling community, but not everyone is trying to get in on the potential pot of gold. Renea Turner is already the …
Giant Medical Marijuana Farm Planned For Wilmington
Investors with ties to the 2015 failed ballot issue to legalize marijuana are rolling out an ambitious plan for a “cannabis campus” on 19 acres in Wilmington. CannAscend Ohio LLC is a new venture backed by Ian James and Jimmy Gould, who ran the ResponsibleOhio campaign, and Bill Brisben, a real estate developer and former ambassador to UNICEF. The group …
Here is an amazing talk by Cleveland Clinic Dr. Eric P. Baron on the use of MMJ for pain & migraines
Eric P. Baron, DO is a staff American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Board Certified Neurologist and a United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) Diplomat in Headache Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, Center for Neurological Restoration – Headache and Chronic Pain Medicine, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine …
Study Shows Opioid Use Down in States With Medical Marijuana
Fewer people are using opioids in states that have legalized medical marijuana, according to a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health that bolsters advocates’ claims that marijuana can substitute for more deadly drugs. The study, which examined data from 1999 to 2013, found an association between a state legalizing medical marijuana and a reduction in testing …
OhioCannabis.com Says Hello to STEM Dispensaries
Well hello OhioCannabis.com Readers, I cannot thank you enough for supporting me on this journey and wanted to let you know that I have an exciting new set of interviews that I will be releasing in coming months, starting with none other than one of Ohio’s hopeful, first upcoming dispensary chains, STEM Dispensaries. I was first able to meet …
Painesville City Council rejects moratorium on medical marijuana
By Tawana Roberts, The News-Herald After several weeks of discussion, Painesville City Council decided not to move forward with a moratorium on medical marijuana cultivation, processing and retail dispensaries. Council unanimously voted against the resolution at its Feb. 21 meeting. City Manage Monica Irelan first introduced the legislation to council at the Jan. 17 meeting for the purpose of learning …